St. James Cathedral Basilica

Welcome! We are the Cathedral parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn serving the communities of Downtown Brooklyn, Dumbo and Vinegar Hill. 

We are a diverse community who together strive to celebrate our faith through Word, Prayer, Worship, Community and Service.

Christmas Eve Mass (English) 4:00 pm (Televised on NET TV). NO MIDNIGHT MASS this year. 

Christmas Day Mass 11 am (Livestream on Facebook and YouTube) 

Hymns Sunday January 10th, 2021 

Opening Hymn: Songs of Thankfulness and Praise

1. Songs of thankfulness and praise,
Jesus lord, to you we raise,
Manifested by the star
To the sages from afar;
Branch of royal David’s stem,
In your birth at Bethlehem
Anthems be to you address,
God in flesh made manifest.

2. Manifest at Jordan’s stream,
Prophet, Priest, and King supreme;
And at Cana, wedding guest,
In your Godhead manifest;
Manifest in power divine,
Changing water into wine;
Anthems be to you address,
God in flesh made manifest.


Offertory Hymn: We Know That Christ Is Raised

1. We know that Christ is raised and dies no more.
Embraced by death, he broke the fearful hold,
And our despair he turned to blazing joy.
Alleluia!

2. We share by water in his saving death.
Reborn, we share with him an Easter life
As living members of our Savior Christ.
Alleluia!

3. The Father’s splendour clothes the son with life
The spirit’s fission shakes the Church of God.
Baptized, we live with God the Three in One.
Alleluia!


Communion Hymn: Baptized in Water

1. Baptized in water,
Sealed by the Spirit,
Cleansed by the blood of Christ our King:
Heirs of Salvation,
Trusting his promise,
Faithfully now God’s praise we sing.

2. Baptized in water,
Sealed by the Spirit,
Dead in the tomb with Christ our King:
One with his rising,
Freed and forgiven,
Thankfully now God’s praise we sing.

3. Baptized in water,
Sealed by the Spirit,
Marked with the sign of Christ our King:
Born of one Father,
We are His children,
Joyfully now God’s praise we sing.


Recessional Hymn: When John Baptized in Jordan’s River

1. When John baptised by Jordan’s river
In path and hope the people came,
That John and Jordan might deliver
Their troubled souls from sin and shame.
They came to seek a new beginning,
The human spirit’s ageless quest,
Repentance, and an end of sinning,
Renouncing every wrong confessed.

2. There as the Lord, baptised and praying,
Rose from the stream, the sinless one,
A voice was heard from Heaven saying,
“This is my own beloved Son,”
There as the Father’s word was spoken,
Not in the power of wind and flame,
But of his love and peace the token,
Seen as a dove, the Spirit came.